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I DO is an innovative and student co-created course that you can take in your second year of your bachelor studies in addition to your regular courses. Participation is voluntary and by application only. If you successfully complete the course, you will be awarded 15 ECs which count towards your study progress in the third year of your bachelor. This means that your I DO credits contribute towards the 60 ECs you need in your third year. Completing the I DO course is therefore similar to completing a minor.
The grades you receive also count towards your GPA for your whole Bachelor’s degree programme, although your participation is during the second year of your bachelor programme.
You can register to participate in the I DO Project course if you are currently a Year 1 bachelor student enrolled in either RSM’s BScIBA or BScBA programme and if you plan to continue with your second year at RSM in 2025.
In academic year (AY) 2025-2026, we anticipate that we will collaborate with 15 NGOs. This means that we will teach and train 15 I DO consulting teams. As part of an I DO consulting team, you work with an NGO to provide strategic advice. For example, you and your teammates develop and execute marketing strategies, conduct feasibility studies, and optimise the current operations within the NGO.
Together, you and your team participate in valuable workshops that form a coherent framework and help to maximise your team’s success in supporting the mission of the NGO. Our guiding principle is co-creation and collaboration, which enables you to create the most significant positive impact possible. This means that your feedback and opinions will be heard and discussed in planned and spontaneous feedback and brainstorming sessions.
Our academic structure for the I DO Project is the result of feedback sessions with the NGOs which have previously taken part in this course as well as with the students who have taken the course last year.
I DO connects ambitious and open-minded bachelor students with international NGOs through an academic programme that equips them with additional skills and tools to best propel the NGOs’ developments forward. Students will work in teams of five to support one NGO in achieving its mission. Our partner NGOs tackle societal challenges all over the world, ranging from water scarcity in Zimbabwe to fighting poverty in South Africa.
I DO is organised and led by a team of students, RSM faculty members and staff. This structure ensures that student feedback and experiences are immediately translated into the continuous development of the course to enable real and significant impact.
RSM article published Tuesday 26 November 2024
EUR article published Tuesday 20 April 2021
